blackcap

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Etymology

From black +‎ cap.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈblækˌkæp/
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Noun

blackcap (plural blackcaps)

  1. A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown. [from 17th c.]
  2. (obsolete, UK, US, dialectal) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus). [17th–19th c.]
    • 2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, II.4:
      Other times the cat would run off to the hunting grounds, either the swamps or the Astroni, and when the hunters shot down an oriole or a great tit or a blackcap [translating capofuscolo], she collected them and presented them to the king with the same message.
  3. (cooking) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [from 18th c.]
  5. (Canada, US) The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis). [from 19th c.]
    Alternative form: black cap

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